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Expert: DM - 6/15/2007


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Movie about the only German Flyer to escape from Great Britain during WW2.

Answer
The One That Got Away (1957) may be the title you are seeking. Read more about it at the link shown here, (or go to www.imdb.com and type the title into SEARCH) and read more:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050803/usercomments

If you had a cast member name, it would make searching for this obscure title easier. If the above named movie isn't the one you seek, you might also have a look through the web site shown on the next link, and see if one of the otherfilms listed on this site is the one you seek. Most flight/aerial films about WWII are included:

http://www.aerofiles.com/film-a.html

Sincerely,
David Menefee

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US silent films made from 1900-1929. Sarah Bernhardt, Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, Jack Pickford, Lottie Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Richard Barthelmess, George O'Brien, Lou-Tellegen, Wallace Reid, Mae Marsh, Alla Nazimova, D. W. Griffith, Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas.

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I am the author of Sarah Bernhardt in the Theater of Films and Sound Recordings (McFarland 2003), The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era (Greenwood/Praeger 2004) The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era (BearManor Media March 2007) Richard Barthelmess: A Life in Pictures (BearManor Media February 2008) George O'Brien: A Man's Man in Hollywood (BearManor Media January 2010) I have spent many years researching silent films, and have a large collection of rare resource books from which I can draw information that may be helpful.

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Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts

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